Criminal proceedings in Scotland 2016-17: statistics
Table 22 Fiscal fixed penalties by main crime/offence and age and gender, 2016-17[1]
Table 22 Fiscal fixed penalties by main crime/offence and age and gender, 2016-17[1]
| Main crime or offence | Male | Female | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 21 | 21-30 | 31-40 | Over 40 | Total
Male |
Under 21 | 21-30 | 31-40 | Over 40 | Total
Female |
|
| Total number of Fiscal fixed penalties | 283 | 1,726 | 1,627 | 2,872 | 6,508 | 68 | 457 | 536 | 860 | 1,921 |
| Serious driving offences 2 | 6 | 23 | 9 | 36 | 74 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 32 |
| Speeding offences | 71 | 718 | 792 | 1,442 | 3,023 | 24 | 227 | 290 | 440 | 981 |
| Signal and direction offences | 30 | 163 | 191 | 367 | 751 | 11 | 53 | 66 | 132 | 262 |
| Lighting, construction & use offences | 55 | 169 | 102 | 199 | 525 | 8 | 29 | 16 | 28 | 81 |
| Documentation offences | 86 | 422 | 293 | 486 | 1,287 | 17 | 96 | 108 | 184 | 405 |
| Other motor vehicle offences 3 | 35 | 231 | 240 | 341 | 847 | 6 | 48 | 53 | 53 | 160 |
| Non-motor vehicle offences 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Per cent by Fiscal fixed penalty type | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Serious driving offences 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Speeding offences | 25 | 42 | 49 | 50 | 46 | 35 | 50 | 54 | 51 | 51 |
| Signal and direction offences | 11 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 14 |
| Lighting, construction & use offences | 19 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Documentation offences | 30 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 |
| Other motor vehicle offences 3 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 8 |
| Non-motor vehicle offences 4 | - | - | - | * | * | - | - | - | - | - |
1. Excludes a small number of records where age and / or gender are unknown.
2. In some circumstances fiscal fixed penalties can be issued for contraventions of Section 3 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (driving without due care and attention).
3. Contains a number of other offences, however around a half of fixed penalties given for this group were for mobile phone offences and half were seatbelt offences.
4. Contains bicycle offences and roadworks offences.